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...word statement outlining its decision, the Faculty cited the 70 percent preponderance of non-Harvard contributions and the fact that two-thirds or more of the subscriptions to the magazine would be outside the University as the major reasons for denying recognition to The New Student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Denies Official Status to 'New Student' | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...unless a basketball squad has a couple operatives named Joe Fulks, the law of averages points out that it will win games by virtue of its being "hotter" than its opponent only 50 percent of the time. And Walt McCurdy, whose set shot is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, is the only man who approaches such an operative on the Crimson quintet...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...Percent Rise in Costs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Will Jack Tuition Fee By $200 Annually | 1/6/1948 | See Source »

Library, instruction, and building costs are 50 percent above the 1940 level, he explained, and endowments, which never covered more than a third of the costs, now account for less than 25 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Will Jack Tuition Fee By $200 Annually | 1/6/1948 | See Source »

...Detroit police gathered disturbing statistics on juvenile delinquents. Eighty percent of 10,000 teen-age lads who had had trouble with the law in Detroit last year came from families with adequate or above-average incomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 29, 1947 | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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